Arihant Surana is a Principal Machine Learning Engineer and founder with a decade-plus track record building large-scale data products, deep learning platforms, and high-performance distributed systems from Australia. He has led data and AI teams at enterprises like Nearmap and Atlassian, shipping production ML platforms, real-time streaming engines, and GenAI features such as Rovo Chat and agent workflows. As a hands-on technical leader he has modernized data infrastructure, slashed analytics latency from hours to seconds, and delivered segmentation and annotation tooling that multiplied human-in-the-loop productivity. Now co-founding AI-native startups focused on automation and long-form video understanding, he blends product-first thinking with low-level systems expertise across Kubernetes, Spark, and cloud-native pipelines. His background includes consulting-scale delivery at Deloitte and open-source tooling for hyperparameter optimization, reflecting a rare mix of operational rigor and entrepreneurial drive.
8 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Technology Computer Science, Bachelor of Technology Computer Science at B.K.Birla Institute of Engineering and Technology
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